All Episodes

556: A Connected Content Eco-System with Val Roskens Tews

555: On "$" by Allegra Goodman

554: A Simple Way to Tolerate Uncertainty

553: How to Grow Your LinkedIn Following with Brenden Delarua

552: The Butterfly Strategy with Val Roskens Tews

551: The Newsletter That Had No Business Working with Stacy Eleczko

550: It's Not a Personality Thing — It's a Decision

549: Will AI Replace You? with Nancy Ruzow

548: What's the big deal about email newsletters?

547: Ann Handley on How to Write Ridiculously Good Email News-"letters"

546: How to Fill Your Client Pipeline

545: Can ChatGPT Count Calories? Terri Says Yes!

544: The Only LinkedIn Move That Matters with Lynnaire Johnston

543: Mistakes Freelancers Must Stop Making with Amy Weiher

542: A new way to look at goal-setting with Florian Schleicher

541: Good clients are out there! with Liz Heflin

540: Learning From Your Clients with George Dearing

539: Why AI won't replace Stacy Eleczko

538: Ending the Year Strong with Scott Hull

537: "What Matters Next" with Kate O'Neill

536: The Treadmill of Success w/ Ben Callahan

535: How to handle a slowdown with Maria Guerriero

534: What makes a good pitch with Rebecca Matter

533: Is SEO dead? with SEO & AI Visibility Strategist, Jenny Munn

532: Will AI destroy Michael Katz's newsletter business?

531: Choosing a niche with your heart with John Silfies

530: How to Find Your Ideal Clients with Rebekah Mays

529: What's working right now with Stephanie Mickelson

528: I love this newsletter so much!

527: Trusting Yourself with Melody Wilding

526: Finding clients or a job – which is easier? with Maggie Mistal

525: Pitching that Isn't Salesy with Liz Heflin

524: How to get clients on LinkedIn with Leslie Blaize

523: LinkedIn Q&A with Beth Granger

522: Your Business, Your Purpose with Maegan Megginson

521: Who has the power? with Melody Wilding

520: What is strategy? With Kristina Unker of Ma'am

519: No retainer clients for Jonathan Cleveland

518: Productizing a Creative Service with Lidia Varesco Racoma

517: 12 Ways to Get Quick Wins from the Simplest Marketing Plan

516: On Time and Patience for 2025 with Alan Seiden

515: Where are they now? with Carrie Simmons

514: How I built it: Ilo Orleans interviews Ilise Benun

513: Help! My marketing isn't working! With Ilise Benun

512: Where are they now with actor/director, Ilo Orleans

511: How to Handle Rejection with Ilise Benun

510: Who to Reach Out to and How

509: How to start a marketing newsletter in 5 simple steps with Ilise Benun

508: How to scuff up your content with Gigi Rosenberg

507: Can you trust AI? With Ilise Benun

506: The Future of Marketing with Angelia McFarland

505: How to Be You in Your Content Marketing

504: Tips for Better Meetings with Linda Secondari

503: Too Many Meetings? with Ilise Benun

502: Looking Back Lightly with Gratitude with Loren Sherman (Part 2)

501: The Throughline in 3 Creative Careers with Loren Sherman (Part 1)

500: One Creative Pro's Take on AI with Deborah Brozina

499: The Power of a Perfectly Timed Email

498: Case Studies for Creative Professionals with Casey Hibbard

497: Six tips to handle scope creep (from my dog, Fanny)

496: Best Business Models for Creative Professionals with Jessica Abel

495: AI & Linkedin Newsletters with Michael Katz

494: Who to Trust When You're Self Employed with Jenny Blake

493: Antidote to Impostor Syndrome with Ben Callahan

492: The Price of Price Blurting with Ilise Benun

491: How to Build a Business You Can Depend On

490: My Journey to Entrepreneurship with Ilise & Jake Benun

489: AI + Emotional Intelligence with Nick Usborne (Part 2)

488: AI + Emotional Intelligence with Nick Usborne (Part 1)

487: One year of marketing with Florian Schleicher

486: SEO for Creative Professionals with Meg Casebolt

485: Stories about fears about money with Farnoosh Torabi (Bonus)

484: How Exactly to Listen to the Market with Ilise Benun

483: A Comedian's Formula for Your Perfect Pitch with Jenn Lederer

482: The Right Networking Attitude with Julie Brown

481: A Vision for Your Business with Jennifer Barrett

480: How to Ensure a Healthy Creative Business with Sarah Durham

479: Removing Obstacles to Growth with Sarah Durham

478: Twist on a Common Pricing Strategy with Matthew Wolf

477: The Most Effective Content Marketing Tool of All with Rebekah Mays

476: The Epitome of "Generosity Marketing" with Tara Hoover

475: On writing & publishing "Tough Titties" with Laura Belgray

474: How to profit from your personality w/ Danielle Hughes & Lisa Mullis

473: Talking Networking with Andy Brenits

472: Talking Networking with Beth Granger

471: Talking Networking with Terri Trespicio

470: I used to be afraid of people….

469: What lights you up? with Danielle Hughes

468: How to do a successful Kickstarter campaign with Wioleta Kaminska

467: How to free your time with Jenny Blake

466: My Worst Investment Ever

465: How promotional is too promotional?

464: Why would anyone want your content?

463: Engineering the Evolution of my Business

462: The Night Before Site Launch by Robert Lodi, the web guy

461: Ann Handley on Bringing Yourself into Your Content Marketing

460: Creatives are Good Negotiators with Mori Taheripour

459: Cyber Monday Sneak Peek with Ilise Benun

458: How to Price Your Freelance Services with Austin Church

457: What it takes to earn $10K in "passive income" with Jill Anderson

456: The Secret to a Winning Proposal

455: LinkedIn Strategy & Roadmap with Austin Church

454: Hourly Rate Debate at the Creative Freelance Summit (9/14-15/22)

453: How to properly value your time with Doug Dolan

452: End of month anti-freak out protocol with Austin Church

451: Where are they now? with Alan Seiden

450: How to make a post go viral with Wendy Jacobson

449: Chutzpah trumps confidence with "The Chutzpah Guy"

448: Birthday Sale & How to alleviate neck pain with Andrea Brody

447: How one copywriter used LinkedIn to reach his financial goal

446: How to use empathy as a marketing tool with Melanie the Marketer

HOW BONUS EPISODE #2 Creatives thinking like Breadwinners

445: Where are they now? With Ilena Finocchi

HOW BONUS EPISODE #1 Presenting Yourself with Confidence

444: How to use HARO to get PR with Donna Jones

443: The new "what's new" on LinkedIn with Beth Granger

442: How to grow a creative business with Sarah Durham

441: Your email newsletter on LinkedIn? with Michael Katz

440: Stop writing proposals that go nowhere with Mary Maru

439: How (exactly) to do outreach that works with Chris Haviland

438: Fake feelings or real emotions? with Kelly Campbell

437: How to make the right decisions with Kelly Campbell

436: Money Tips for the New Year with Farnoosh Torabi

435: A wish for you for the new year with Ilise Benun

434: Where are they now? with Sharon Bending

433: How (and Why) to Unfollow Your Passion with Terri Trespicio

432: If you need accountability... with Nancy Ruzow

431: Should your business make you happy? with Kelly Campbell

430: Networking vs. "Connecting" with Susan McPherson

429: When to Stop Marketing with Melanie the Marketer

428: "Creator" mode and More on LinkedIn with Beth Granger

427: Word of Mouth vs. Referrals with Michael Roderick

426: How to handle tricky client situations with Deidre Rienzo

425: How to get your new business off the ground with Deidre Rienzo

424: How to ask for more ($$) with Jennifer Barrett

423: How to Pitch Creative Services to a Marketer with Scott Miller

422: Going from Creative to Therapist with Tiffany Butler

421: How to Raise Your Rates (excerpt from "Worth It")

420: Mining Your LinkedIn Network with Sweta Vikram

419: How to Grow Your Email List with Tim Huelskamp

418: All Your Fears Kicked Up By 2 Simple Questions

417: How to Handle The Feast with Danielle Hughes

416: Think Like a Breadwinner with Jennifer Barrett

415: Corina Ludwig on Etiquette for Video Calls

414: Marketing with Heart & Soul with Andy Didorosi of Basecamp

413: How content begets confidence with Helen Conway

412: Popular Niches for 2021 with Pam Foster

411: 10 Minutes a Day on LinkedIn with Melanie the Marketer

410: How to get out of a slump with Michael e. Stern

409: What "Passive Income" Really Means with Jill Anderson

408: What "money confidence" sounds like with Terri Trespicio

407: What it takes to make "newsletter magic" with Sarah Pike

406: Are your ideal clients "marinating?" with Melanie the Marketer

405: What is a Book Coach? with Jennie Nash

404: What To Do About "Impostor Syndrome" with Valerie Young

403: How to Treat The Money Conversation Like a Game

402: Why Is Zoom So Exhausting? with Eleanor Handley

401: On Integrity in Business with Michael e. Stern

400: Should You Really Forget Funnels? with Lisa Mullis

#399: How to Pitch Yourself as a Podcast Guest with Francis Nayan

#398: How to Go In House & Keep Your Personal Brand Alive with Elke Giba

#397: Is the Grass Greener In House? with Elke Giba

#396: How (and What) to Delegate with Melanie the Marketer

#395: Designers who Coach with Sandra Koenig

#394: Personal Crisis When You're Self Employed with Jeanine Davis

#393: Budgets & Bankruptcy with Ean Murphy

#392: On Signs of Strong Client Relationships with Michael e. Stern

#391: Pandemic derail your plans for 2020? Not so fast…

#390: How to Strengthen Your Financial Health with Galia Gichon

#389: Perseverance as a Creative Business Owner with Michael e. Stern

#388: Should you still be blogging? I think so. Here's why.

#387: Do you need fancy CRM software? I don't think so.

#386: Billboards for Creative Professionals? with Bart Bradshaw

#385: Why (and When) Not to Trust Your Gut with Dr. Gleb Tsipursky

#384: How to Avoid Distraction and Learn to Focus with Nir Eyal

#383: Attract Ideal Clients & Repel Time Wasters with Pam Slim

#382: You, a Book Coach? with Jennie Nash

#381: How to Make Your Marketing About Your Clients with Adam Fairhead

#380: How to Identify Your Unique Value with Lisa Mullis

#379: How to Build a Simple Marketing Machine with Susan Harper

#378: How to Build Long-Term Client Relationships with Ben Callahan

#377: How to Use Lists to Reduce Stress with Paula Rizzo

#376: How to Be Productive (Instead of Busy) w/ Andy Brenits

#375: Learning to Love the Money Conversation with Ilise Benun

#374: How to Write Ridiculously Good Email News-"letters" with Ann Handley

#373: Asking for Help = Business Growth with Danielle Z. Hughes

#372: Tom Ross on Learning to Love Marketing

#371: How to Use Generosity as a Marketing Tool with Melanie Deardorff

#370: Podcasting as the Ultimate Marketing Tool with Rob & Kennedy

#369: Should You Do Facebook Ads w/ Lucas Lee-Tyson

#368: Where Content Marketing & Conversational Copywriting Collide w/ Nick Usborne

#367: Corina Ludwig on Increasing Your Billable Hours

#366: How Do You Show Up? With Kevin Carroll

#365: Should You Become an Author?

#364: How to Pitch Patiently & Strategically with Michael e. Stern

#363: Reading David Whyte on "Courage" from "Consolations"

#362: Ilise Benun on How to Get Better Clients with Bigger Budgets

#361: How to Build Trust Despite Marketing with Nick Usborne

#360: Reading David Whyte on Work from "Consolations"

#359: The Key to Content Marketing that Works with Ben Callahan of Sparkbox

#358: How to Handle Tricky Situations with Self Respect with Michael e. Stern

#357: Mark McGuiness on Being a 21st Century Creative

#356: Jane Friedman on How to Get Your Book Published

#355: Ryan Gill of Communo.com on what it takes to be a Solopreneur

#354: Ali Schwanke on Metrics that Matter

#353: Kevin Rogers of Copy Chief on Finding Your "Bat Signal Talent"

#352: Greg Corey on Growing from Freelancer to Agency Owner

#351: What Is Your Value to Your Dream Clients? with Ilise Benun

#350: Robert McGuire of Nation1099.com on the "Freelancer Plateau"

#349: Emily Leach, Founder of FreelanceConference.com

#348: One Designer's Story - When You Take Success for Granted

#347: Creative Services by Subscription = Recurring Revenue for You?

#346: Should You Barter Your Creative Services? with Michael e. Stern

#345: Getting Started with Podcasting with John Hartwell

#344: How to Start a Digital Product Business with Justin Putney

#343: How to Get Clients From Speaking Gigs w/ Terri Trespicio

#342: Content Marketing & The Business of Speaking with Corey Poirier

#341 The Highly Accountable and Trackable Marketing Process

#340: Agency Business Models, Partnerships & Mistakes with Carl Smith

#339: Michael Solomon on the Most Important Currency in Today's Economy

#338: Managing Your Money as a Creative Professional with Michael e. Stern

#337: Ilise Benun on How to Avoid the Worst Negotiating Mistakes

#336: Michael e. Stern on how to decide how big your business should be?

#335: Andy Brenits on Confidence as an "Experienced Newbie"

#334: How to Break Down Your Services for Tiered Pricing with Michael e. Stern

#333: How to Do Tiered Pricing with Ed Gandia

#332: Networking for the 21st Century from HOW Design Live 2017

#331: Cheryl Smithem on What is PR These Days?

#330: Thomas Heath on Personal Branding on LinkedIn

#329: Katie Lane on Negotiating Strategies for Creatives

#328: Dan Mall of Superfriend.ly

#327: Experienced Newbie #4 – The Comparison Trap

#326: Katie Kern on Reimagining PR

#325: Michael e. Stern on How to Handle Demanding Clients

#324: Alan Seiden - From Awkward Techie to Tech "Celebrity"

#323: Michael Solomon on Price as a Shorthand for Value

#322: 3 Simple Steps to Price Your Creative Projects

#321: Gigi Rosenberg on Making a Living from Your Art

#320: Bryn Mooth on Self-Confidence and Self-Employment

#319: Experienced Newbie #4 – Entering the Brand New Cannabis Market

#318: Experienced Newbie #3 – Building Your Email List

#317: Michael Solomon on Making it Easier to Toot Your Own Horn

#316: New Standard Freelance Contract Tool via Freelancers Union & AND.CO

#315: Wendy Merrill on Overcoming Fear of Self Promotion

#314: Answers to Your Burning Questions for the "Ideal Client"

#313: Robert McGuire On Getting Started with Subcontracting

#312: "Experienced Newbie" #2 - From Project Manager to Photographer

#311: Danny Iny on How to Grow and Scale a Business

#310: "Experienced Newbie" Series #1 - Your Online Presence

#309: Creatives - We Need Your Voice by January 31st - Listen Now!

#308: Jeff Sauer on Becoming a Data-Driven Creative

#307: Ilise Benun on How to Reach Out to Your Ideal Clients

#306: Ilise Benun on How to Connect the Dots of Your Marketing

#305: Michael e. Stern on How to Prevent Self-Doubt from Creeping In

#304: Jill Anderson on "Firing" Clients the Right Way

#303: Revolve Workshop on Designing Research Studies

#302: Aaron Irizarry of Nasdaq

#301: Simple Client Communication Tactics with Michael e. Stern

#300: Robert Prioleau of Blue Ion

#299: Terri Trespicio & Paula Rizzo on How to Be a Media Magnet

#298: Paul Parreira of Company Cue on Content Marketing

#297: Ahava Leibtag of Aha Media Group

#296: HOWDesign Live@SCAD #4 - Rigsby Hull

#295: Value-Based Bartering with Michael e. Stern

#294: Rivers Pearce of Boomtown

#293: How to pursue projects that are perfect for you -- Chat #6 with Michael e. Stern

#292: Need help pricing your creative services? Listen to this one…

#291: Cassie Boorn of MakerMentors.org

#290: Keeping It Human with Ben Callahan & Meena Kothandaraman

#289: HOWDesignLive@SCAD #3 with Tiffany Shlain

#288: How one writer landed a $10K project and is building a portable business

#287: HOWDesignLive@SCAD #2 with Jason Fried

#286: Are You Keeping This Secret From Yourself? Chat #5 with Michael e. Stern

#285:HOWDesignLive@SCAD #1 with Matthew Manos

#284: Dianna Huff on smoother cash flow for freelancers

#283: David Bain On Digital Marketing, the Moving Target

#282: Don't Make The Mistakes We Did: Podcast #4 with Michael e. Stern

#281: On Package Pricing, Tiered Pricing & Value-Based Pricing with Jason Blumer

#280: How to land the right price every time with Laurie Millotte

#279: The Art of Giving Good Phone, with right-brainer, Michael e. Stern

#278: How to get access to a wider audience of ideal clients

#277: Pricing Wisdom for Creative Professionals from 36-year veteran, Michael e. Stern

#276: Freelancers + staffing firms? Pros & cons + latest trends with Andy Epstein, author of The Corporate Creative

#275: Here's a Niche: Construction Time Lapse Films with Michael E. Stern

#274: Here's a niche: Wine & Spirits

#273: Finding a niche, with Jim Blasingame.

#272: All About The Book Design Niche with Scarlett Rugers

#271: 16% Response to Prospecting with Chocolate

#270: A Retreat for Creative Professionals in Nashville, June 25-26

#270: Personal + Professional Passions = Target Markets

#269: #HOWLive 2015 Speaker Podcast Series: Doug Dolan, communications strategist

#268: #HOWLive 2015 Speaker Podcast Series: Janine Vangool, UPPERCASE magazine

#267: #HOWLive 2015 Speaker Podcast Series: Mark McGuiness

#266: Package pricing, with Jim Blasingame.

#265: #HOWLive 2015 Speaker Podcast Series: Rob Harr of Sparkbox

#264: #HOWLive 2015 Speaker Podcast Series: Aaron Draplin

#263: What makes a proposal great? - with Nathan Powell of Nusii

#262: Sneak Peek: Command the Fees You Deserve via CreativeLive

#261: No More RFPs for K9 Strategy & Design

#260: Sneak Peek: 2015 Marketing Plan + Calendar

#259: Sneak Peek: Package Pricing Bundle

#258: Packaging creative services - with Alyssa Martin

#257: Talking about what you do - The Creative Freelancer Show

#256: Two more questions about starting a business,, with Jim Blasingame

#255: One important question about starting a business, with Jim Blasingame

#254: Audio Article #5: Five Steps to Finding the Right Clients

#253: SEO Copywriting with Heather Lloyd-Martin

#252: Audio Article: Closing the Deal: From Proposal to Contract

#251: Audio Article: Film School: How to Create Your Own Self Promo Videos.

#250: Problem Clients: how to spot them and turn them into good ones

#249: Audio Article: A 4-Step Guide to Content Marketing

#248: Audio Article: The Art & Science of Pricing for Creative Professionals.

Freelancing While Traveling The World -- Is It Really Possible?

Pricing Tips for Creative Freelancers from Laura Foley

Part 2 - Turning difficult customers into customers for life

Part 1 - When good customers behave badly

Creating a Business Action Plan – with HOWLive/CFBC speaker, Corwin Hiebert

A field guide to bad clients – with HOWLive/CFBC speaker, Doug Dolan

Self-promotion & sales strategies – with HOWLive/CFBC speaker, Jen Lombardi

Survival Strategy for the Soul with HOWLive/CFBC Speaker, Alina Wheeler

Surviving as a creative pro – with HOWLive/CFBC speaker, Douglas Davis

Pricing as an intimate act – with HOWLive/CFBC speaker, Jason Blumer

Interview with Ed Gandia: Handling Clients Who Suck Your Time

Tips on being prepared – with HOWLive/CFBC speaker, Dana Maciagli

How to put your existing clients on retainer

Words of Wisdom on Proposals, Retainers and More

What do your goals for the New Year look like?

The types of people you need in your network

Getting your customers to take an active role in your business

Interview with Marc Harmon: The 2014 Marketing Plan + eCalendar

Improve customer communication with self-analysis

Common communication problems with customers

From struggling freelancer to hiring freelancers to help!

Interview: Ed Gandia on Pricing

How online networking impacts offline networking

Interview: Sarah Durham on Pricing

Interview: How Sonia Quinones landed a job by networking at CFC

Interview with Ilise Benun: How do you schedule your day?

New Networking Tricks - Interview with Ed Gandia

Positioning and Content Marketing for Design Firms

Interview with Jim Blasingame: Replace your hourly rate with value-based pricing…

Interview with Jim Blasingame: What can you learn at the Creative Freelancer Conference?

3 Answers to Common Questions About Public Speaking for Creative Pros

The Art of Saying No with Creative Freelancer, Alisa Bonsignore

A Simple Mantra To Get Things Done (Without Going Crazy)

How to Network With a Purpose and Get What You Need

Independent Writer Reinvents Herself = Business Picks Up

Turn Traffic Into Leads With a Simple Freebie

What to expect when you're freelancing (interview with Bryn Mooth)

Overcoming your fears (interview with Luke Mysse)

Making people love you madly (interview with Colleen Wainwright)

Podcast: Content Marketing for Creative Professionals

How web designer, Jill Anderson, increased business by 17%

Finding companies who "do good" (interview with Sarah Durham of Big Duck)

How to Make Strong Connections (interview with Dana Manciagli)!

Podcast: How Jenny Poff catapulted her business

Podcast: June Walker helps "indies" with taxes

Email Newsletter = New Clients!

Podcast: Can Everyone Really Be Their Own Boss?

Podcast: Freelancer Reaches 5 Year Goal in 6 Months!

Podcast: Highlights from HOW Interactive with Tiffany Estes, Part 2

Podcast: Raising rates with Judy Rosenthal

Podcast: Highlights from HOW Interactive with Tiffany Estes

Podcast: Planning for 2013

Can you tell when a prospect is really ready to do business?

The Cloud helped many businesses during Hurricane Sandy

Patience is a freelancer's friend

Secrets to Winning Proposals –Toronto, Nov 7th

Should you design your own logo?

Using your website to qualify prospects

Should you change the name of your business?

How to take action when you have too many great ideas

Jeff Tara - Interview 3

CFC 2012: Luke Mysse Interview

CFC 2012: David Baker Interview

Interview with Bryn Mooth - April 2012

Newly-minted freelancer, Kelsey Grafton, is going to CFC...

Revised Proposal = 67% Win Rate

CFC 2012: Missing the confidence to set the right tone?

Emails and letters are working for Jeff

CFC 2012: Don't drive yourself crazy with quantity

CFC 2012: How to handle pricing for nonprofits

CFC 2012: Should freelancers price differently than large firms?

CFC 2012: Can you be a wealthy freelancer?

CFC: Are you getting nickel-and-dimed?

CFC 2012: Planning for the First Year of Freelance?

Bryn's approach to LinkedIn: narrow, participate, reach out.

CFC 2012: Is content strategy missing from your web site?

Podcast: What if you don't want to choose a target market?

Podcast: What It Takes for an Email Newsletter to Get the Phone Ringing

Meet CFC speaker, Dyana Valentine

Podcast: Jeff got 2 jobs in a week since website launch

Bryn says, "This marketing stuff isn't hard, except…"

What kind of copywriter can you be?

Podcast: Bryn's tax surprise

Podcast: Are you paying the price for a checked-out December?

Podcast: What do art buyers really care about?

How to position your firm in 6 months (podcast)

Crowdsourcing Podcast with Laurel Black

Podcast: How to craft winning proposals

Podcast: What's in copywriter Bob Bly's proposal/agreement?

Interview: What is a Request for Proposal (RFP)?

How to find a market (without starting from scratch)

Interview with the illustration "king" of self-promotion, Daniel Pelavin

How should your proposal be delivered?

A new freelancer struggles with pricing

Scared of embracing a target market?

Thinking about renaming your business?

When your biggest client disappears

Talking budget with your clients

Dealing with a case of the "I don't wannas"?

Follow up: How much is too much?

Follow up: How to do it

Thought leadership: Find their common problem

Asking questions = looking stupid?

Monthly billing: yes or no?

The first week as a freelancer

Don't know how to raise your prices?

If you're doing too many "one-off" projects…

Where is Lauren now?

Designer Finds Goldmine of Prospects

Results from one week's worth of direct outreach

How excited should you be about your market?

{MONEY GUIDE} Talking price without alienating customers

How one creative made the transition to full time freelancing

Healthcare Target Market Starts to Pay Off

One design firm's whirlwind year

Do you need to be reminded about marketing?

Are you reaching your marketing potential?

Would organizing tools help you become a better marketer?

One creative firm's success with retainers & more

How one illustrator is getting business on LinkedIn

Is marketing changing in the 21st century?

One creative firm's best year yet - find out why

How one creative firm found its positioning

Are you really trying to get prospects?

The prospecting hour

How can you connect with your ideal prospects?

Mom's advice - Part 2

Mom's advice - Part 1

The benefits of multi-faceted marketing

Is your website marketing-smart?

Are you a business?

Are you the needle or the haystack?

The Lazy Creative's Guide to Marketing

Do you have what it takes? Preparation & 5 Freedoms.

Do you have what it takes? Skills & Personality Traits.

Do you have what it takes? Myths & realities about freelancing.

Word of mouth ain't all that

Freelancers are small business owners too

Week 52, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Year in review)

Week 51, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (The pain of not scheduling)

Week 50, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Where opportunity hangs out)

Week 49, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Growing pains)

Week 48, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Thankful)

Week 47, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Marketing is talking to people)

Week 46, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Chill marketing)

Week 45, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Getting here from there)

Week 44: Prospecting

Week 44, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Cumulative marketing)

Week 43, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Odds & ends)

Week 42, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Lessons learned)

Week 41, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (No more!)

Week 40, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Regrouping)

Week 39, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Planning to fail)

Week 38, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Short 'n' sweet)

Week 38: Now is the Perfect Time for Marketing

Week 37, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Shutting up)

Week 36, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Looking back to move forward)

Week 35, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (The art of the conference)

Week 34, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (It's all in the "ask")

Week 33, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Chunking time)

Week 33: Curiosity, Patience and Self Confidence

Week 32, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Bandwidth and reach)

Week 31, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Eating elephants)

Week 31: Your July goals (and mine)

Week 30, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Marketing on the road)

Week 30: Why I don't like "word of mouth"

Week 29, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Systems and being systematic)

Week 27, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Accountability, flexibility and room)

Week 27: Is it spec work?

Week 26, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (The view from halfway)

Week 26: We're half way there!

Week 25, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Marketing as behavior)

Week 25: How to approach a new market

Week 24, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (This one goes to eleven)

Week 24: One way to set yourself apart

Week 23: Here's my cold calling strategy

Week 23, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (What does the marketing add up to?)

Week 22, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Me-time in a crowded week)

Week 22: Where the work is, right now

Week 21, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Reasons this week worked)

Week 21: This week's marketing tasks

Week 20, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Unsticking yourself)

Week 20: How are the calls going?

Week 19, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Lessons from maintenance mode)

Week 18, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Full stop)

Week 18: Did you Reach your April Goal?

Week 17, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Failing to plan, and other lessons from the road)

Week 17: Cold Calling Tidbit #3

Week 16, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Marketing on the go)

Week 16, Day 1: Getting Publicity

Week 16: Cold Calling Tidbit #2

Week 15, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Life happens)

Week 15, Day 1: Cold Calling Tidbit #1

Week 14, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Just go)

Week 14, Day 1: Interview with Jennifer Neal, K9 Design

Week 13, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Star Wars Marketing)

Week 13, Day 1: Get a little PR

Week 12, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Following up & keeping on)

Week 12, Day 1: Why you should pick up the phone

Week 11, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Conferences are marketing, too)

Week 11, Day 1: I'm back...and a favor

Week 10, Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Why I Slipped and Why I Prep)

Week 9, Day 4: Facebook for Feedback

Week 9: Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (A website is a work in progress!)

Week 9, Day 1: March is here! How to Get Feedback

February Wrap Up

Week 8: Veterans Calendar- communicatrix (Newsletters and other webalicious marketing)

Week 8, Day 1: Wrapping up your online presence

Week 7, Day 4: Blog or Newsletter?

Week 7: Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (See my site, hire my brain)

Week 7, Day 1: Case Studies

Week 6, Day 4: Excellent Examples of Links Pages

Week 6: Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Expressing your Expertise)

Week 6, Day 1: Your links page

Week 5: Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Do your bios suck?)

Week 5: Who (and how) to endorse

2009: Week 5 (Day 21)- Your social networking profiles

Week 4: Veterans Calendar- communicatrix- (Ramping it up YOUR way!)

2009: Week 3: Interview with Jennifer Neal of K9 Design

Week 3: Veteran's Calendar- communicatrix- Cold Calls!

2009: Week 3- Listen to this free consultation with designer Dennis G.

2009: Week 2, Day 5- Is your target market mushy?

Week 2: Veteran's Calendar- communicatrix (Prepping for the Dreaded Cold Call)

2009: Week 2, Day 4- Are you still listening?

2009: Week 2, Day 3- Don't get overwhelmed

2009: Week 2, Day 2- Lists of Actual Prospects

2009: Week 2, Day 1: Trade Associations Galore

Week 1: Veteran's Calendar- communicatrix (Wrangling your contacts)

2009: Week 1, Day 5- What to Look for in a Market

2009: Week 1, Day 4- How to Choose a Viable Market

2009: Week 1, Day 3- Identify your Market

2009: Week 1, Day 2- Set your goals & how much marketing?

2009: Week 1, Day 1- Let's get started!

Episode 13- Ch 12: How Should I Grow My Business?

Episode 12- Ch 11: What Should Be in My Contract?

Episode 11- Ch 10: What Should Be in My Proposal?

Episode 10- Ch 9: How Do I Talk About Money?

Episode 9- Ch 8: What Should I Charge?

Episode 8- Ch 7: How Do I Manage My Money?

Epidode 7- Ch 6: How Should I Follow Up?

Episode 6- Ch 5: What Should I Say?

Episode 5- Ch4: Which Marketing Tools Should I Use?

Episode 4- Ch 3: How Should I Present Myself?

Episode 3- Ch 2, Part 2: How Can I Find Clients and Prospects?

Episode 2- Ch 2, Part 1: How Can I Find Clients and Prospects?

Episode 1- Ch1: Who is My Market?